Causes of diseases - industrial Flashcards
1
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What years are the industrial period?
A
1700 - 1900
2
Q
What ideas on the cause of disease stopped in the industrial period?
A
Four humours
Supernatural
God
3
Q
What ideas on the cause of disease continued in the industrial period?
A
Miasma
4
Q
What happened that highlighted the miasma theories popularity?
A
The Great stink of 1858
5
Q
What did Pasteur do?
A
He showed that bacteria in the air caused decay?
6
Q
Who is Robert Koch?
A
He developed the ‘Germ theory’ and proved bacteria caused disease
EG. TB in 1882 and cholera in 1883
7
Q
What meant that vaccinations could be developed?
A
The Germ theory
8
Q
How is the germ theory limited?
A
Only explains the bacterial cause of disease.
Wasn’t widely believed until 1900.
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